Employees’ Well-Being: Effective Measures to Cope with Job Stress and Workplace Bullying
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 October 2024 | Viewed by 1874
Special Issue Editors
Interests: quality; healthcare administration; healthcare professionals’ well-being
Interests: research methodology; evidence-based nursing; clinical epidemiology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The healthcare sector is particularly demanding, and healthcare professionals are often faced with significant challenges. High workloads and work intensity characterize the daily practice of healthcare professionals. At the same time, the ageing population and the increase in chronic diseases make patient care even more demanding. In their efforts to provide quality care, healthcare professionals face significant organizational and job-related problems related to understaffing of health services, inability to secure the necessary resources, lack of organizational support and inability of leadership to motivate employees. The nature of the work of health professionals and their working conditions are the major sources of stress for workers.
Both stress and the work environment have emerged as predictors of a common phenomenon of workplace violence, that of bullying. The effects of stress and bullying affect both healthcare professionals and the quality of care. It therefore becomes imperative to implement measures to best manage both the factors that increase employee stress and the phenomenon of bullying.
This Special Issue aims to highlight best practices that can assist both healthcare organizational leaders and healthcare professionals with the best possible coping strategies of stressors at work as well as workplace bullying. In this Special Issue, original research articles, systematic reviews and meta-analyses are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Workplace bullying;
- Work environment;
- Coping strategies;
- Job stress;
- Organizational support;
- Healthcare professionals’ training;
- Resilience;
- Job burnout;
- Quiet quitting;
- Workplace violence;
- Turnover intention.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Ioannis Moisoglou
Dr. Petros Galanis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- coping strategies
- healthcare professionals
- intervention
- organizational support
- resilience
- workplace bullying
- work stressors
- work environment
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: Work-related Stress and Coping: A Comparative Analysis of On-site and Office-based Workers in UK Building Construction
Authors: Rachel Blair Winkler; Campbell Middleton; Olivia Remes
Affiliation: University of Cambridge
Abstract: There are increasing mental health concerns in the construction industry workforce. This qualitative study investigates stress, a key contributor to poor mental health, in the UK building construction sector. The study compares stress and coping in on-site and office-based workers, with the aim of providing a holistic understanding of stress within the industry. 40 semi-structured interviews (20 on-site/20 office-based) were conducted at large-scale building construction projects in the southeast UK. Data underwent Framework Method and descriptive analysis. This study reveals a significant majority of workers report moderate to extreme levels of job stress, with common stressors including high workloads, tight deadlines, and lack of control over work situations. The first area of exploration is the negative impact of work stress on both personal and professional wellbeing, with implications for job performance, safety, physical health, and family life. The second area of exploration is the management of stress through coping via proactive and reactive coping strategies. Throughout the study, areas of convergence or divergence between populations are discussed to derive insights related to different work environments. These findings underscore the continued need for interventions to manage stress and improve mental wellbeing specific to the construction industry.
